Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Team Lead, Hematology & Nephrology

AstraZeneca•Boston, MA

41d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Team Lead, Hematology & Nephrology is a leadership position within the US Hematology & Nephrology (Hem/Neph) Business Unit that will focus on achieving the TLL strategic plan that includes key opinion leader (KOL) insight generation, KOL and key account development & advocacy, and promotional speaker training and development across inline and pipeline indications in Hem/Neph. The role will initially lead a national TLL team across Hem/Neph while playing an important role in shaping the future alignment of the TLL organization to support in-line and pipeline indications. The position currently reports to the Vice President, Business Unit Lead, Hematology & Nephrology and collaborates closely with the marketing leads for Hematology and Nephrology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
10 plus years’ work experience in biotech; including extended experience within the US market.
Experience in TLL leadership, field sales leadership, and/or product marketing leadership.
Strong in-depth clinical, technical and scientific knowledge in complex disease state.
Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve results through effective collaboration and x-functional partnership and alignment.
History of showing the highest standards of ethics and integrity and delivering on commitments.
Proven track record of delivering results that meet or exceed targets and objectives.
Strong verbal and written communication skills and organizational abilities
Location and Travel requirements: The duties of this role are based in the Boston Seaport office environment. Willingness to travel ~50% of the time to execute field team leadership, including significant overnight and weekend travel. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree (MSc, PhD, MBA)
Prior experience and/or relationships within the clinical/KOL community in Hematology, Hematology/Oncology, and Cardiology and/or Nephrology area

Responsibilities

Hiring, developing and leading a high-performing TLL team in achieving key objectives, including: o KOL insight generation & advocacy development o Commercial speaker identification, development, and relationship management o Developing clinical advocacy for and support initiatives for appropriate diagnosis in key accounts for assigned disease areas o Key account profiling in support of market shaping activities o Maintaining a pulse on evolving disease and marketplace dynamics
Drive strong collaboration and partnership with commercial leadership teams, including Marketing, Regional Sales Directors, Strategic Accounts Leads, Diagnostics, and Market Access to effectively execute overall commercial plan.
Build an inclusive and high-performing culture enabling others to succeed across performance, professional growth, and development.
Serve as a key member of Hematology & Nephrology Marketing supporting TLL team pull-through of brand strategy and tactical plans.
Partner with Marketing Leads to drive primary KOL insights generation strategy; directly lead or oversee the facilitation and execution of commercial advisory boards.
Partner with Marketing to identify & profile key accounts & KOLs for pipeline therapeutic areas.
Build TLL national business plan and support developing regional business plans, aligned to Hematology & Nephrology portfolio strategy.
Partner with Marketing leads to guide development and implementation of peer-to-peer education, including speaker programming strategy.
Provide leadership on TLL management/strategy at regional and national congresses, including senior leader briefing in advance of KOL engagements.
Partner compliantly with Medical and MSL leadership when planning and executing engagements with top KOLs.
Partner with HCP Engagement Operations in compliant collaboration supporting activities with contracted HCPs.
Identify commercial opportunities to partner with medical societies to enable disease and product education.
Assess TLL deployment to optimally balance effort allocation and alignment to meet business needs and effectively reach KOL targets.
Oversee TLL resource allocation, project budgets, and timelines.
Maintains the highest degree of professionalism and in accordance with the company’s code of Ethics and Business Conduct